2017 NHL Draft
Elias Pettersson in the 2017 NHL Draft
Vancouver Canucks selected Elias Pettersson 5th overall in the 2017 NHL Draft.
He was the first of the 26 Swedes selected that year. It was the first of the 8 picks Vancouver Canucks made in the draft. Of the 217 players selected in 2017, 105 have played in the NHL regular season. Only 2 of them have played more games than his 562, and none has scored more points than his 526.
- Overall pick
- 5
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 5
- Drafting team
- VANVancouver Canucks
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 2–8 in the 2017 draft
- 2Nolan PatrickC222 GP · 77 PPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 3Miro HeiskanenD567 GP · 357 PDALDallas Stars
- 4Cale MakarD485 GP · 525 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 5Elias PetterssonC562 GP · 526 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 6Cody GlassC337 GP · 121 PVGKVegas Golden Knights
- 7Lias AnderssonC110 GP · 17 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 8Casey MittelstadtC525 GP · 287 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2017 class
1st
of 26 Swedes selected
3rd
of 117 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Swedes selected
- 5Elias PetterssonC562 GP · 526 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 7Lias AnderssonC110 GP · 17 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 15Erik BrännströmD294 GP · 77 PVGKVegas Golden Knights
- 17Timothy LiljegrenD325 GP · 94 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 36Jesper BoqvistC400 GP · 111 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 37Marcus DavidssonCBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 38Gustav LindströmD174 GP · 35 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 44Filip WesterlundDARIArizona Coyotes
- 63Fabian ZetterlundL345 GP · 155 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 112Tim SoderlundC/LCHIChicago Blackhawks
+ 16 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Elias Pettersson made his NHL debut on October 3, 2018, 1 year and 102 days after the draft.
562
Games
204
Goals
322
Assists
526
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Vancouver Canucks picks in the 2017 draft
- 5Elias PetterssonC562 GP · 526 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 33Kole LindR31 GP · 8 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 55Jonah GadjovichL170 GP · 21 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 64Michael DiPietroG8 GP · 3 WVANVancouver Canucks
- 95Jack RathboneD28 GP · 5 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 135Kristoffer GunnarssonDVANVancouver Canucks
- 181Petrus PalmuRVANVancouver Canucks
- 188Matt BrassardDVANVancouver Canucks